Exam question 2 · Tanglewood Tales, The Golden Fleece, part 37: Jason with o…

Which statement most accurately describes the reason for the crowd's agitation at the altar?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: statement · What happens: describe · To what, where: reason

This is exam question 2 of lesson 2078 «Tanglewood Tales, The Golden Fleece, part 37: Jason with one sandal meets King Pelias and gets a quest» of the books course of Mova's primary school, asked in stiff, formal language. The page gives the question's syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause, then the 4 options as the student saw them, each with its tree and pragmatics. Every text is parsed by Mova itself. How the student answered it, with the score of every option and why: the test at school.

The question

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Which	which	DET	PronType=Int	2 statement	det
2	statement	statement	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 describes	nsubj
3	most	most	ADV	Degree=Sup	4 accurately	advmod
4	accurately	accurately	ADV	_	5 describes	advmod
5	describes	describe	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 reason	det
7	reason	reason	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 describes	obj
8	for	for	ADP	_	12 agitation	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 crowd	det
10	crowd	crowd	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 agitation	nmod:poss
11	's	's	PART	_	10 crowd	case
12	agitation	agitation	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 reason	nmod
13	at	at	ADP	_	15 altar	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 altar	det
15	altar	altar	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 agitation	nmod
16	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 describes	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	describe	present	which statement	the reason				for the crowd's agitation at the altar; accurately property	vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent reason=Theme

One row per clause the reader finds. «not said here»: a role filled from the clause above. «roles by»: a VerbNet class and frame when one fits the verb, else the reader's rules on the tree.

The options

Option 1 · ✓ the right answer

The sight of Jason's bare foot caused the commotion

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 sight	det
2	sight	sight	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 caused	nsubj
3	of	of	ADP	_	7 foot	case
4	Jason	Jason	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 foot	nmod:poss
5	's	's	PART	_	4 Jason	case
6	bare	bare	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 foot	amod
7	foot	foot	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 sight	nmod
8	caused	cause	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 commotion	det
10	commotion	commotion	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 caused	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	cause	past	the sight of Jason's bare foot	the commotion					vn engender-27.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Precondition commotion=Patient
2	sight			Jason's bare foot					nom sight «cognition transitive»: of=patient

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

The sight of Jason's bare foot caused the commotion, since no one in the city had seen such a sight before

The tree, 22 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 sight	det
2	sight	sight	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 caused	nsubj
3	of	of	ADP	_	7 foot	case
4	Jason	Jason	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 foot	nmod:poss
5	's	's	PART	_	4 Jason	case
6	bare	bare	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 foot	amod
7	foot	foot	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 sight	nmod
8	caused	cause	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 commotion	det
10	commotion	commotion	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 caused	obj
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	19 seen	punct
12	since	since	SCONJ	_	19 seen	mark
13	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	14 one	det
14	one	one	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 seen	nsubj
15	in	in	ADP	_	17 city	case
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 city	det
17	city	city	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 one	nmod
18	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	19 seen	aux
19	seen	see	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	8 caused	conj
20	such	such	DET	PronType=Ind	22 sight	det:predet
21	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	22 sight	det
22	sight	sight	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 seen	obj
23	before	before	ADV	_	19 seen	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	cause	past	the sight of Jason's bare foot	the commotion		vn engender-27.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Precondition commotion=Patient
2	see	past · perfect	no one in the city	such sight	before property	vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer sight=Stimulus
3	sight			Jason's bare foot		nom sight «cognition transitive»: of=patient

Option 3

The sight of Jason's bare foot caused the commotion and the priests began shouting at the crowd to be silent

The tree, 21 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 sight	det
2	sight	sight	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 caused	nsubj
3	of	of	ADP	_	7 foot	case
4	Jason	Jason	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 foot	nmod:poss
5	's	's	PART	_	4 Jason	case
6	bare	bare	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 foot	amod
7	foot	foot	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 sight	nmod
8	caused	cause	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 commotion	det
10	commotion	commotion	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 caused	obj
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	14 began	cc
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 priests	det
13	priests	priest	NOUN	Number=Plur	14 began	nsubj
14	began	begin	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 caused	conj
15	shouting	shout	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	14 began	xcomp
16	at	at	ADP	_	18 crowd	case
17	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 crowd	det
18	crowd	crowd	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 shouting	obl
19	to	to	PART	_	21 silent	mark
20	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	21 silent	cop
21	silent	silent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 shouting	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	cause	past	the sight of Jason's bare foot	the commotion			vn engender-27.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Precondition commotion=Patient
2	begin	past	the priests				vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality
3	shout speech: express	gerund	the priests not said here		the crowd		vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent
4	is	to-infinitive	the priests not said here			silent property	tree rules
5	sight			Jason's bare foot			nom sight «cognition transitive»: of=patient

Option 4

The noise of the crowd began the trouble

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 noise	det
2	noise	noise	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 began	nsubj
3	of	of	ADP	_	5 crowd	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 crowd	det
5	crowd	crowd	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 noise	nmod
6	began	begin	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 trouble	det
8	trouble	trouble	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 began	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	begin	past	the noise of the crowd	the trouble					vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent trouble=Eventuality
2	noise		the crowd						nom noise «event intransitive»: of=agent

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